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  zaan2   jyutping
  zhan3   pinyin
[1] small cup; cup-shaped utensil
[2] classifier for lamps
[3] [] would merely bring about (sth undesirable); waste efforts | [variant]


nounAdditional PoS: verbclassifier
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Stroke count: 13
Level: 3
Radical: (#108)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
盞 / 盏

This word has been viewed 4775 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 17th Jan 2011 14:21

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detail ,  cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2 ,gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 zaan2   = to make a bad choice out of a large number of options (esp with a wife)
detail  zaan2 gwai2   = variant of 㜺鬼
detail  zaan2 gaau2  zhan3 jiao3 = do something to no avail; do something for nothing
detail  zaan2 gaau2  zhan3 gao3 = do something to no avail; do something for nothing
detail  zaan2 saai1 hei3  zhan3 sai1 qi4 = sheer waste of efforts
detail  zaan2 seoi1  zhan3 shuai1 = do sth. only to end up in a dilemma; to do sth. that only leads to trouble
detail  zaan2 dak1  zhan3 de2 = in the end only be left with...; fruitlessly...

Showing all 3 examples containing 盞
detail 街燈照住黑暗角落
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.
detail 街燈地上
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.
detail 幾個見到非常之街燈草地上面
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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